Monday, July 20, 2015

"What is something you believe is about to blow up in popularity?"

Top voted Reddit answers...
           Limes. Last year, it was coconuts. This year, avocados. 2016: limes.

Teslas. Those things are going to become absolutely insane soon.


This app called "Bro." It lets you text the word "bro" to all your other bros so you can keep in touch with each other.

Hopefully A Series of Unfortunate Events when the show comes out

Bernie Sanders.

15 comments:

bagoh20 said...

Tar & feathers, I hope.

Dad Bones said...

Burn, Bernie, burn.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

I don't see Tesla and Bernie Sanders exploding in popularity.

ricpic said...

Looks like Bernie just bit into a lime.

Aridog said...

Take away the federal and state subsidies for Elon Musk and Tesla will vanish like a ghost in the night. I'll bet on GMC to make a practical and afordable e-vehicle first.

Aridog said...

Most recently Nevada has provided Mr Musk with $1.25 BILLION in subsidies for a plant there, plus $195 Million in tax credits they can SELL to other firms. Hello? Cash gift much? This is for arid undeveloped desert land that Musk promises will develope better bateries. Perhaps it will...and why not, Nevadans are paying for it, as well as us other yanks for every single Tesla sold. Such a deal, eh?

I tip my hat to Nevadans for their sacrifice....thank y'all for the boost!

ampersand said...

What is something you believe is about to blow up in popularity?

The DOW? but not in popularity.

bagoh20 said...

Walker - Wisconsin Ranger

Methadras said...

Aridog said...

Take away the federal and state subsidies for Elon Musk and Tesla will vanish like a ghost in the night. I'll bet on GMC to make a practical and afordable e-vehicle first.


They already did, it's called a Volt and it's been a colossal failure.

bagoh20 said...

It seems that if you want a technology to languish and take forever to become self-sustaining, just give it a government subsidy. The more you give, the longer it will take. Subsidy may help advance that technology, but it will slow its success on a self-sustaining basis. You are in effect advancing the technology toward a dependency design.

Kind of like spoiling kids.

Aridog said...

Methadras ... you seem to have over looked my 350-400 mile range and ready access to recharging stipulation....plus a truck or mini-van version. No one has does that...yet. Caddilac has an e-version CTS with some decent seating, but still low range figures. The current Volt doesn't come close (another 2+2 with the rear seat for double leg amputees? )...but I'm betting GMC will come up with a practical & successful e-vehicle before Tesla does. Maybe even Ford will so. Doesn't really matter so long as somebody does it....a practical vehicle I mean.

Aridog said...

Test...oh, yay if this posts! :-)

Aridog said...

Yay!

Aridog said...

Cheering because both the Atticus Finch and Fred Reed threads are blocked, to me at least. Heck the Reed post disappeared completely upon an attempted comment.

Aridog said...

Lem ... I'd like a comment by you to explain the phenomena I've experienced. Don't know if anyone else has had similar experience. If innocuous remarks are to be vetted and disappeared, why bother visiting here?